How to draw a heart in 3 different ways
Drawing a heart is a romantic gesture to express your love for someone special. You can use hearts to decorate postcards and create small or large works of art. Since the heart is a relatively simple motif, it’s also a great way to try out new styles.
In this blog post we will show you three different ways to draw a heart. The styles are easy to copy and you only need a few drawing tools to draw them. You can even apply the individual styles to other motifs once you have practised them.
Draw Heart Video
In this video you get 3 complete heart drawing tutorials. All the steps are shown in detail and you can start drawing directly. So get paper and pens, watch the video and start drawing.
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3 Heart Drawing Exercises
Here you will be able to follow three heart drawing exercises step by step. Draw the heart in different styles and variations. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced artist, these exercises will help you improve your drawing skills. You’ll also learn new ways to depict hearts with ease. So grab your drawing materials and let’s get started with the first exercise!
Drawing a floating heart
In the first exercise we draw a floating heart together.
You will need:
– A black felt-tip pen
– Two pencils
1. Take the 3 pens one above the other in one hand. The top pencil should be the black fineliner. The two lower ones are pencils.
2. Now draw a heart with the three pencils as shown in the picture.
3. Now trace the middle line with the pencil and connect the corners with the upper line.
4. Now shade the areas that have been created. Pay attention to where the light should come from and make some areas darker.
5. Now draw the lower surface a little thicker with a drawing pencil.
6. Now smudge the bottom line with a paper wiper, your finger or a handkerchief.
7. Your first heart drawing is ready!
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Heart from geometric shapes
In the second exercise, we draw a heart out of geometric shapes and then colour it in.
You will need:
– A black felt-tip pen
– A pencil
– Coloured pencils in the colour of your choice
1. First make a sketch for the edge of your heart.
2. Now draw the contour square and start drawing geometry into the heart.
3. Now fill in the heart with the geometries.
4. Now take a black felt-tip pen and trace your sketch.
5. Now take a coloured pencil in the colour of your choice and start filling in the individual areas, creating a gradient in each case.
6. You can darken individual areas with black.
7. Your second heart drawing is finished.
Three-dimensional heart
In the third exercise we draw a three-dimensional heart together. The motif should look as if the heart is pressed into a lined sheet of paper.
You need:
– A black fineliner
– A pencil & an eraser
– Coloured pencils in the colour of your choice
1. Start with a heart sketch.
2. Start drawing lines and let them run down a little at the heart. Draw them in the heart with an arc.
3. Draw the lines across the whole sheet as shown in the picture.
4. Now trace the lines with a fineliner and erase your sketch.
5. Now sketch the areas where the shadow should be.
6. Now shade in the shadow. Use the flat side of the pencil if possible.
7. Keep blurring the shadow with your finger or a handkerchief. This will make it look softer.
8. Keep drawing in the shadow and blur it.
9. Only set the very dark shadow at the end and smudge it again.
10. You can make the lines directly at the heart a little thicker to increase the three-dimensional effect.
11. And your third heart drawing is ready!
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Other ways to draw a heart
Even for experienced artists, it can be a fascinating challenge to draw the classic symbol of love and affection – the heart – in a variety of styles. You’ll be amazed at how creative and versatile the heart motif can be when you look at it from different angles. Here we show you some more exciting ways to draw a heart. From using different drawing tools to embedding a heart in a larger drawing or even crafting hearts, the possibilities are almost endless.
Use different pens
Experiment with different drawing tools. Use coloured pencils, markers, watercolours or even chalk to create different textures and effects. Each medium adds a unique touch to your heart.
Heart as motif in another drawing
A heart can enhance a larger drawing. Include it in a larger scene or image. For example, a heart surrounded by flowers can create a romantic mood. These heart motifs can be used in greeting cards, illustrations or even murals.
Heart craft
Expand your artistic skills by making the heart. You could cut paper hearts and use them in collages or even make three-dimensional hearts out of clay, fabric or wire. Heart crafting requires skill and can be a unique way to express your love of art.
25 more ideas for interesting heart drawings
Here are some more ideas for different drawings with hearts!
- Heart made of different types of flowers
- Mechanical heart in which gears and mechanics are visible.
- Heart wrapped by a ribbon or string.
- Heart made of different animal paw prints
- Heart with a missing puzzle piece
- Heart shaped as a globe
- Heart encircled by a dragon
- Heart made of butterflies
- Heart shaped as a snow globe
- Heart from which colours are squeezed out
- Heart surrounded by different musical notes
- Heart caught in a spider’s web
- Heart as a popsicle with colourful coatings
- Heart made of stars and galaxies
- Heart as a chalk drawing on a school blackboard
- Heart embraced by an octopus arm
- Heart as a glowing neon sign
- Heart made from old book pages or newspaper cuttings
- Heart surrounded by a thread or a seam
- Heart encircled by a flock of birds
- Heart as a secret lock with a key
- Heart made of different clock parts and dials
- Heart made of coloured balloons
- Heart as a delicious sweet
- Heart made of colourful, intermingling splashes of paint
- Heart made of different types of flowers